Example sentences of "could i [adv] [vb infin] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 Mr Smith , erm , obviously you want to respond to that , but at the same time could I just press you towards your view and it 's really relevant to the districts surrounding York , that we know you can live with the figures of provision as set out by the County Council in the alteration , how ar are you aware of the figures which are being proposed by other participants in the discussion for Greater York ?
2 Could I just hold it there ?
3 Could I just move you on a little bit ?
4 Could I just borrow your pen and I 'll write that down .
5 right erm could I just check something else which was not mentioned er is that is it when you have opened these two Homeworks shops that you 'll be up to a hundred and seventy eight
6 Could I just clarify my position on this .
7 So I wonder , could I just crave your indulgence very briefly .
8 Could I just reinforce something that Ted said about erm vocational course as well ?
9 Could I just take you back , David , on the point where you 're talking about the things that the teacher might recognise .
10 Could I just add something also there , that training of teachers , after they 've done their initial training is becoming increasingly cut , of course , by the government .
11 Could I , could I just ask what particular element she has for Wales to nominate , why why , why was Wales nominated ?
12 And could I just ask you , just now , to take a minute and listen intently .
13 Could I just ask you , did those bodices do up at the back with hooks and eyes ?
14 The other one , could I just correct something on the last line of er , comment at the bottom of the , bottom of page two .
15 Could I just correct you on that , I think it was acknowledged by this vote , er for transport plan settlement .
16 C could I just have your bottom line figure again then for I five .
17 Could I just have your attention , it 's just the end , for practice , for summary , you need to be very aware of why certain pieces of writing are written the way they are .
18 could I just get my notes together ?
19 Could I also express my satisfaction and that of other residents with the service provided by Mr Curwen 's taxi-bus on school days .
20 Er a similar cautious approach which none of them took yesterday when on examination it was found that there was more potential there than before , erm so to help with the figures I have found very helpful erm appendix eight to the er York City Council erm statement , I think it appears in both of their statements appendix eight Greater York housing provision sorry , could could I also direct you at the same time to the County Council 's N Y five appendix three now the , the two make interesting comparisons because they both start of with the same H one proposal of nine thousand seven hundred dwellings , and I 'll remind you there , sir , that only five thousand seven hundred of those are required by the existing population , four thousand of those are for migrants , and the two schedules go of in slightly different directions under the heading of completions , and the reason for that , sir , is that the the Greater York , the er County Council 's figures , as you can see were computed in October nineteen ninety two when only seven hundred dwellings had been completed , yet six months later , under item C for the Greater York er housing provision figure , York Ci York City Council figures , the completions were one thousand and sixty three .
21 Could I also ask you to ensure that the debris from the hedge-cutting is removed from the highway and not left as a hazard to cyclists .
22 Why could I never please them ?
23 Erm if anybody is actually interested in could I actually refer you to somebody in the personnel group erm Lynne .
24 Okay , could I actually say something here ?
25 ‘ My dear Mildred , how could I ever forget you .
26 I says c how could I ever forget it , I said it must have been near halloween , one halloween , for I remember her coming to the party and that 's how her and Richard met .
27 How could I ever question what I 'm doing ? ’
28 In other words , could I truly visualize my own death ?
29 Oh , God , could I still recognise myself ?
30 And er I had a letter back on the Friday from Stuart to say er according to Mr 's description it was very interesting and could I possibly meet him at Station on the Saturday morning .
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